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‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

Palm oil expands in Aceh

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Jan 2016

South African ban on domestic rhino horn sales in limbo after court overturns it

Mic Smith 8 Jan 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia loses flagship case against company accused of burning

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2016

Jokowi’s plan to free captive birds earns unexpected backlash

Mongabay.com 5 Jan 2016

Facebook posts lead to arrest of two suspected tortoise thieves

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016

‘Bear-moving’ revamped: a better way to reduce conflict in the Himalayas?

Esther Wullschleger Schättin 31 Dec 2015

Needed: Old-age homes for coral reef fish

Sandra Cuffe 31 Dec 2015

Komodo dragon: one of Indonesia’s rare conservation success stories

Jeremy Hance 30 Dec 2015
Image taken September 24 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite shows the "haze" as its peak. Red outlines indicate hot spots where the sensor detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Thick gray smoke hovers over both islands and has triggered air quality alerts and health warnings in Indonesia and neighboring countries. Visibility has plummeted. NASA image by Adam Voiland (NASA Earth Observatory) and Jeff Schmaltz (LANCE MODIS Rapid Response). Caption by Adam Voiland.

50+ companies being investigated or punished for Indonesia’s haze crisis

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2015

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2015

Why are Southeast Asia’s mangroves being destroyed? Hint: it may be your diet

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Dec 2015

Giant squid caught on video in Japanese harbor

Mongabay.com 28 Dec 2015
Young orangutan in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Christmas gift to the planet: massive rainforest reserve created in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2015

China’s demand for rosewood is destroying forests in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, In Africa

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2015

Aceh official takes chainsaw to illegal oil palm trees

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Dec 2015

The state of the market for ecosystem services

John Cannon 17 Dec 2015

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

Indigenous leaders at COP21: 20 percent of tropical forest carbon is sitting on Indigenous land

Mike Gaworecki 2 Dec 2015

Organized crime role in Latin American wildlife trade hidden in shadow

Saul Elbein 2 Dec 2015

Palm oil expansion triggers ecological cascade, boosting pigs but hurting other species

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2015

Hong Kong’s pink dolphins could disappear due to airport expansion and bridge construction

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Nov 2015

Jokowi to oversee Indonesia peat restoration agency but details thin on the ground

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Nov 2015

Scientists turn up haze heat on Indonesia ahead of COP21 Paris talks

Mongabay Haze Beat 25 Nov 2015

Poaching upsurge threatens South America’s iconic vicuña

Rachel Nuwer 24 Nov 2015

Riau emergency status to end as S. Sumatra pledges peat clampdown

Mongabay Haze Beat 24 Nov 2015

Villagers thwart an eagle trafficker on a volcano in Java

Hariyawan A. Wahyudi 24 Nov 2015

Eden Besieged: Amazonia’s Matchless Wildlife Pillaged by Traffickers

William H. Funk 23 Nov 2015

Haze compensation to poor stalls as Indonesia spends on new palm oil cartel

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Nov 2015

Camera trap pictures help nab tiger poacher

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Nov 2015

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